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Hypno's "no more boom or bust" diary

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  • Sarah - I usually play between 7 and 7.30am. I just log in, buy the tickets and walk away whilst getting ready for work. It;'s the only time I have in the day to log-in to the site. I'm happy with my winnings to date (£22 in three weeks) so don't want to appear ungrateful.
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 28,997 Forumite
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    I can't even get the Halifax website to load, nevermind the online banking! Hope you manage to get your money.... because technicaly it is yours! OH has two scratchies accounts the same as me, but until he makes the effort to scratch every day, he doesn't get the reward :D

    Hope the weather clears up for your trip to Wales this afternoon, the whole of the sounth of England is pretty grim weather wise today

    Sx
    I keep all money that I win on accounts I've set up for OH too!
    hypno06 wrote: »
    oh, yes, sarahneedle - OH needs me to help him with the bingo and scratches, so much that I am virutally doing it for him ;) Therefore, all winnings are under my control!
    Sarah - I usually play between 7 and 7.30am. I just log in, buy the tickets and walk away whilst getting ready for work. It;'s the only time I have in the day to log-in to the site. I'm happy with my winnings to date (£22 in three weeks) so don't want to appear ungrateful.
    Between me and OH we've had over £100 on BB probably close to £120 now!:j
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  • Right I'm on BB now!

    Bring on the influx of cash!
    :beer: Debt Free since July 2011 and it feels good! :beer:

    Now it's all about finding a deposit for a house!

    How do you amass £70k in a year?! :eek:
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,451 Forumite
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    Right I'm on BB now!

    Bring on the influx of cash!

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:GL GL GL...
    Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £36,210


    Money making challenge £58/400

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:GL GL GL...

    LOL!!!

    They do have auto dab on this right?! :eek:
    :beer: Debt Free since July 2011 and it feels good! :beer:

    Now it's all about finding a deposit for a house!

    How do you amass £70k in a year?! :eek:
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,451 Forumite
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    LOL!!!

    They do have auto dab on this right?! :eek:

    I just buy the tickets and come back the next day... it does it all for you! and I'm £100 up now in a fortnight so it's dull but not soooo bad:D!
    Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £36,210


    Money making challenge £58/400

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • I just buy the tickets and come back the next day... it does it all for you! and I'm £100 up now in a fortnight so it's dull but not soooo bad:D!


    Ahhh good coz I'm busy tomorrow morning and need to be out of the house by 7:30! :D
    :beer: Debt Free since July 2011 and it feels good! :beer:

    Now it's all about finding a deposit for a house!

    How do you amass £70k in a year?! :eek:
  • Karmacat
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    Yep, thats how I do BB now - it occurred to me that pre-buying also avoids the awkward situation where if you win on your first game, you have to withdraw then wait 24 hours for another withdrawal - if you've already spent your money, there's no problem. I won £15 again today - in the first week I only won £1.67, then I won £55 in the second week and £65 this week, tho its not all back in my accounts.

    Off to bed - I'm dizzy with tiredness. Hopefully Hypno's gone straight to bed when she's got back, she must be shattered.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Hope you had a good weekend Hypno - hope the mini Hypnos got on well in their races, wow this thread is quiet - must be a record of how long you have gone without posting! lol.

    Catch up later. x
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    Sealed Pot 2013 = $790.80
    Sealed Pot 2014 = 543.50
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    A bleary eyed hypno reporting in :rolleyes:

    We had a reasonable journey on Saturday, despite the awful weather.....the good thing being that many people decided to stay at home so the roads were quiet. The kids skied well - the girls team came second - they were leading for most of and it came down to the last skier of the day before they were just nudged into second place.......but they skied well, they enjoyed the day, and 2nd place in British schools is really not so bad is it!! The boys finished out of the medals, but it wasn't an "age group" competition, so they were up against some very big 18 year olds! When you think of the difference between a 12 year old boy and an 18 year old boy in terms of strength etc, that is a big big difference! Even so, the boys finished very close to the top places, and had it been an age group competition, they would have won, I am fairly sure..

    So all in all a good result, but the long journey home didn't start until 6pm last night - we got caught up in traffic on the M6 and I arrived home at about 11pm last night.

    Logged onto BB to playthrough my £5 so I didn't lose it, and won £15 so that was worth doing! Then went straight to bed, very tired.

    My neck/shoulder/arm aches - after my accident a couple of years ago, I struggle with it on long car journeys when I am driving, so much paracetamol and ibruprofen along with my coffee today. I am off work to "catch up" with myself today, so will not be moving too far from the sofa and the kettle today.

    I managed to withdraw the BB winnings from the weekend - it was, indeed, the Halifax's server that had the problem.

    I will look into fatcheese etc over the course of the day, and have a couple of other things I need to look at and matched bets to do etc.....so once I am awake properly, I will do all things MSE.....

    Hope you have had a good weekend,and have a good day today x
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
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